This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Myth of Male Decline by Stephanie Coontz of The New York Times says reports of a matriarchy are exaggerated. In many arenas, the progress of women has stalled. 2. The Mockery Feminists by Katie […]
Was Obama reacting to past trauma during his poor performance at last night’s Presidential debate? There have been many explanations offered for Obama’s poor performance last night, everything from overconfidence to altitude sickness. One of the most astute observations I have read about Obama’s demeanor last night came from Ann Lamont who in her Facebook […]
Attorney Kate McGuinness discusses the idea of moving toward limited-term marriage contracts versus traditional marriages. Humans are notoriously stubborn about giving up harmful habits. Smoking is one obvious example. Packing on the pounds is another. Marriage is a third. A recent article in the New York Times exploring the virtues of renewable limited-term marriage contracts […]
Just as nothing that is said justifies violence, nothing that is worn excuses rape or harassment, says Hugo Schwyzer. One of the great global debates of the 21st century concerns what, for lack of a better phrase, might be termed “provocation and its limits.” Last month, violence erupted in various parts of the Muslim world […]
Chanel Dubofsky responds to a recent Daily Beast article which points to the desire for perfectionism as the cause of what’s holding American women back. I thought I would write a different piece in response to Deborah Spar’s Daily Beast article, “Why Women Should Stop Wanting to be Perfect,” in which she cites American women’s […]
This originally appeared on Fem2.0. Republished here with permission. Last weekend I was at the gym, waiting for a fellow male bodybuilder to get off the pull-up bars. Yours truly can do about 7-10 wide grip pullups unassisted of which she’s very proud, and that Saturday was a heavy back day. While I’m waiting, another […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Women Still Missing From Medicine’s Top Ranks by Danielle Ofri, M.D., of The New York Times says while women make up about half of all medical students and a third of academic faculty, they are […]
Is today’s “ideal worker” childless? “Equal pay for equal work.” There were a series of catchphrases at this year’s Democratic National Convention, and this was a popular one. Touted by Elizabeth Warren, Michelle Obama, and the namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, “equal pay for equal work” not only signified the […]
